all is well

*smiles*

Today when I dropped Kaden off at school, he ran up behind a friend of his and then they raced into school together.  It made me smile to see him having a good time & being himself with his friends.  It made me think about the other day when I dropped Ellie off, and how I had left feeling really happy that day too.  Her little friend that she asks "can I go to her house TODAY??" every day after school was waiting for Ellie to get out of the van.  They grabbed hands and walked into school hand-in-hand, it was very cute & once again, it made me happy to see her so happy.

More on Ellie...last night she & Kaden were writing and drawing pictures, and she kept bringing me her paper with words like CGPD or DFRG and asking me what it says.  I would make the sounds of the letters jumbled together & she would giggle and go back to her writing. 

Then she brought me the one to the right & I was overjoyed!  It says LDBG, or ladybug in beginning writing :) She was able to get all of the sounds, which is a wonderful start.  I have already started (slap me now) to be concerned with her somewhat.  I KNOW you should not compare children...but Kaden could read before he went to Kindergarten, and Ellie was still learning letter sounds, that is a BIG difference.  I know that Kaden is not always the norm though, so I tried not to worry about Ellie.  Last night showed me that she is getting it, and I just need to keep working with her & answering her 25 times a day...what does F-O-R-D spell?  Mommy, what does P-B-S spell?  Or hearing her throught out the day "reading" letters everywhere  D-V-D,  M-I-L-K, you get the idea!  She also read her first book last night!!  Hug by Jez Alborough, which only contains the word HUG, Mommy & Bobo, but she was VERY proud of herself  :)

As much as I hate to admit this, it is fun seeing them grow up some.  Do I miss them as babies?  Absolutely!  But I am enjoying these milestones too.

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[Heather]

My daughter is doing all that word exploration too. It is fun, but sometimes annoying too!